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Reclamation Releases Draft EA/FONSI for 2-Year Delta-Mendota Canal Exchange Agreements and/or Warren Act Contracts for the Groundwater Pump-in Program
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: February 20, 2010
The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) for public review and comment for the approval of 2-year Exchange Agreements and/or Warren Act Contracts for conveyance of non-Central Valley Project (CVP) groundwater in the Delta-Mendota Canal (DMC) and storage in the San Luis Reservoir for Water Year 2010 through Water Year 2011.
Reclamation proposes to issue 2-year Exchange Agreements and/or 2-year Warren Act Contracts to requesting CVP contractors within the Delta Division and San Luis Unit for the 2010 Contract Year and ending in 2012. The term would be March 1, 2010, through February 28, 2011, for pumping of the groundwater and conveyance, and March 1, 2010, through February 29, 2012, for storage and conveyance only. Each participating contractor would be allowed to pump up to 10,000 acre-feet of non-CVP water into the DMC, but not exceed the combined total of 50,000 acre-feet for all contractors participating in the DMC Pump-in Program.
The Draft EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=5163. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Please send written comments to Ms. Patti Clinton, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office (SCCAO), 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721, by Thursday, March 4, 2010. Comments may also be faxed to Ms. Clinton at 559-487-5397, or e-mailed to pclinton@usbr.gov.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA/FONSI, please contact Ms. Clinton at 559-487-5127, TTY 800-735-2929. Copies of the Draft EA/FONSI may also be viewed at SCCAO (address above).
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